Welcome to Whickham and District u3a
Registered Charity No. 1080264
Learn, laugh, live
Hello and welcome to our new website
Whickham and District u3a welcomes all new members who are no longer in full time employment.
Joining the u3a, you enter a stimulating organisation, fostering friendships and encouraging life long learning. Keeping active both mentally and physically, we know is a key to staying happy and healthy. The u3a offers excellent talks and discussions and a chance to participate in small groups that will widen your knowledge or perhaps cater for special interests you have already.
You will find details of 14 small Interest Groups that are available. The Groups are run by leaders/ contact person and in many groups, members are welcome to share their own knowledge and experiences. Groups cover indoor and outdoor interests, cultural and otherwise.
Whickham and District u3a has members not only from Whickham, but also surrounding areas, including Blaydon, Lobley Hill, Marley Hill, Sunniside, Winlaton, Winlaton Mill, Dunston and Rowlands Gill.
Members meet together on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2pm in Sunniside Club, Sunniside, Tyne and Wear NE16 5NA.
There is a bus stop right outside the Club. There is also ample parking at the back of the premises.
A charge of £2 is made at the main monthly meetings, which covers the cost of hall hire, refreshments and speaker's fees.
Talks are presented on a wide range of topics, given by speakers from the North East, as well as u3a speakers from around the region. Occasionally there is a social event for example the 'Summer Celebration' held in June and of course the Christmas Party held in December. At each meeting, besides the opportunity to meet existing friends and make new ones, you will be kept a breast of what's going on and enjoy coffee/tea and biscuits
How you can join
Contact the Membership Secretary from the Contact Page
The annual subscription for new members is currently £18 which covers all the groups you may wish to join. If a new member would like to have delivered to their door the Third Age Trust Magazine called 'u3a matters', which is issued quarterly, then their is an extra charge of £3 to cover postage. The subscription fee is due on the 1st April each year.
We hope you will find our new website interesting and would be delighted if you wish to become a member of our u3a.
Arthur Coulson
Website Editor
To View our Constitution please click on the above link